Chhukha Hydroelectric Power Plant Bhutan is a 336 MW hydro power station in Chhukha, Bhutan. It ranks #2 of 5 Bhutan power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 100.0% of Bhutan's electricity; the national grid averages 24 gCO₂/kWh (100.0% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0040472.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
At 336 MW, Chhukha Hydroelectric Power Plant Bhutan is well above the median hydro plant in Bhutan (64 MW). Technically it is described as run-of-river. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
The #2 largest hydro power plant of 5 in Bhutan by capacity.
Bhutan has 5 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 1,482 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 27.1104, 89.5313 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Chhukha Hydroelectric Power Plant Bhutan is a 336 MW hydro power plant in Chhukha, Bhutan.
